 I ascended the high hills of Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought...  The Edinburgh Review - Page 2551809Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 480 pages
...shall begin with the first vision, which I have translated word for word as follows: 'On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the nigh hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - Scotland - 1837 - 628 pages
...«truck my young fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables : " On the 5th day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotiom, I ascended the high hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...LESSON LXV. The Vision ofMirza, exhibiting a Picture of Human Life. — SPECTATOR. 1. ON the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. 2. As I was here airing... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poets, English - 1840 - 872 pages
...young fancy, before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables : ' On the fifth dav fourth was awakened by the prospect of coming war, which ended not till it Italy, after having washed myself and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1841 - 414 pages
...struck my young fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables: "On the 5th day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my fore-fathers, I always fteep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...shall begin with the first vision, which I have translated word for word as follows: 'On the fifth ght,) told us the bishop of St Asaph* ie the morning,...preachers for the whole year, where I saw with a great hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
 | Franz C F. Demmler - 1842 - 92 pages
...stranger departed in peace. III. The Vision of Mirza. Exhibiting a Picture of Human Life. On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered1 up my 11 >Diefi. See Gram. p. 85. l To offer up oerrid)ten (to 12 For my sake mir ju Etebe.... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...struck my young fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables. ' On the 5th day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.' " We know nothing, or next to nothing, of the substance or structure of our souls, so cannot account... | |
 | Churchman - 1844 - 396 pages
...begin with the first vision, which I have translated word for word as follows : — " On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
 | Charles Jean Delille - 1844 - 476 pages
...the custom of * Charles Lamb was educated in Christ's Hospital, London. He died in 1834, aged 59. roy forefathers, I always keep holy, after having washed...offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
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